Jimmy Wopo - January 13, 1997

Jimmy Wopo

Born:  January 13, 1997
Birthplace:  Pittsburgh, PA
Died:  June 18, 2018
Place of Death:  Hills District, Pittsburgh, PA
Zodiac Sign:  Capricorn

Career and Life

Travon DaShawn Frank Smart aka Jimmy Wopo, was an American rapper from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.


Wopo was an affiliate of fellow Pittsburgh-based rapper Wiz Khalifa and his Taylor Gang imprint. He made his first high-profile appearance with his 2016 breakout single, "Elm Street", which Complex included in the "'Bout to Blow: 10 Dope New Songs You Should Be Hearing Everywhere Soon" list. Following that success, he collaborated with several prominent rappers including Wiz Khalifa, Sonny Digital, 21 Savage and more. After receiving a co-sign from Mike Will Made It, rap duo Rae Sremmurd brought Jimmy out to perform during their set at the Pittsburgh stop of the Sremm Life 2 Tour. Wopo was murdered in a drive-by shooting on June 18, 2018, in the Hill District of Pittsburgh.


In January 2015, Wopo began uploading original tracks to his SoundCloud account. Taylor Maglin, the owner of the Pittsburgh-based blog The Daily Loud, partnered with him and began to publicize his music. This additional push helped him to accumulate millions of views on his music videos on his YouTube channel. Joining the wave of Wopo's viral success, urban hip hop blog WorldStarHipHop exclusively debuted five of his music videos in 2016. On July 24, 2016, he premiered his debut project, WOPONESE, on Daily Loud. This 8-track mixtape included the single "Back Door", which features Sonny Digital. In October 2016, Riff Raff tapped Wopo for a feature on the track "Stay Away from You" on his Balloween mixtape. On November 25, 2016, he released a joint album with his fellow Pittsburgh-based rapper Hardo. This nine track project featured ShadyHigler, 21 Savage and Wiz Khalifa.


As many as fifty completed, unreleased songs will be released posthumously, according to Wopo's manager.


In the late afternoon of June 18, 2018, on the same day that XXXTentacion was murdered, a gunman opened fire on Wopo's vehicle in Pittsburgh's Hill District neighborhood, hitting Wopo and a male passenger. The passenger survived his wounds, but Wopo later died after being rushed to a local hospital. He was 21 years old.


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